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New York City in all its Neon-Lit Glory, 1969 – 1971

New York City in all its Neon-Lit Glory, 1969 – 1971

These brilliant photos of NYC were taken by Hans Joachim Jacobi using a Exakta Varex IIa, an East-German camera, on the way to and from Halifax in Nova Scotia to visit relatives. ...
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‘Elswick Kids’ –  Extraordinary Photos by the Late Tish Murtha

‘Elswick Kids’ – Extraordinary Photos by the Late Tish Murtha

Her images capture the joy and freedom of childhood at a time when it was normal to play out in the street, in a way that has been largely lost today. ...
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Education Prophesies: How We Envisioned the Classroom of the Future

Education Prophesies: How We Envisioned the Classroom of the Future

If you had asked anyone in the 1950s what the classrooms of 2018 would look like, they’d have described a space-age classroom with all sorts of high-tech gadgetry.  The reality is, our classrooms haven’t changed much.  In some cases the No.2 pencil has been exchanged for an iPad, and the chalkboard for a dry-erase or SMART board – but it’s still the same old story. ...
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David Lynch Creates An Existential Crisis With Rabbits, His Peculiar Digital Sitcom

David Lynch Creates An Existential Crisis With Rabbits, His Peculiar Digital Sitcom

"In a nameless city deluged by a continuous rain... three rabbits live with a fearful mystery" ...
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Incredible Photos of Brutalist Architecture in the Former Yugoslavia From 1948-1980

Incredible Photos of Brutalist Architecture in the Former Yugoslavia From 1948-1980

  Once a target of critical abuse—its name the reclamation of an insult—Brutalism is back, ...
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A Brilliant Rejection Letter From Gregory Peck

A Brilliant Rejection Letter From Gregory Peck

"Thank you for sending your script to me. There is a lot of very good writing in it, but playing a senior citizen in a nursing home is not for me. Don't want to do it. Too vain." ...
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LEGO Marketing Materials From the 1960s-1980s Encouraged Boys and Girls to Build Together

LEGO Marketing Materials From the 1960s-1980s Encouraged Boys and Girls to Build Together

Much has been made over the years of a 1981 LEGO ad, and others like it, featuring a beaming young red-headed girl holding up her LEGO creation over the caption “What it is is beautiful.” ...
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The Exploitative New English Library Covers from the 1960s and 70s

The Exploitative New English Library Covers from the 1960s and 70s

The New English Library (NEL) initially concentrated on fantasy, science fiction and suspense novels it soon realised that to differentiate from other publishers it needed to attract and engage with a growing teenage readership. NEL closely followed popular trends and fashions and got hack writers to write exploitative novels about skinheads, Hells Angels and groupies. ...
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Kevin Cummins’ Iconic Photos of Joy Division and New Order

Kevin Cummins’ Iconic Photos of Joy Division and New Order

Some shots you don’t think ‘Right, I’ve just done a defining image.’ It becomes that, because it’s the picture that’s associated with the artist at the moment.” ...
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Hugh Holland’s Sun-Drenched Photos of California Skaters, 1975-78

Hugh Holland’s Sun-Drenched Photos of California Skaters, 1975-78

The subculture of skateboarding that professionalized in the 80s and 90s to become a multimillion-dollar ...
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Flannery O’Connor’s Sardonic Cartoons Lampoon School and Convention (1942-1945)

Flannery O’Connor’s Sardonic Cartoons Lampoon School and Convention (1942-1945)

“For the writer of fiction, everything has its testing point in the eye, and the eye is an organ that eventually involves the whole personality, and as much of the world as can be got into it” - Flannery O'Connor ...
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The Peter Small Connection: Boy George at Street Theatre, The Regal and The Foundry

The Peter Small Connection: Boy George at Street Theatre, The Regal and The Foundry

"One day I was being lippy and said to Peter Small, the guy that ran it, ’Your windows are disgusting. I could do a much better job’" - Boy George ...
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